The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-02

clcs to commerce. and 10 open these high
ways 10 the FREQ and untaIed use Of thu
people. The Democratic; party has alst
been opposed, more or lees, 10 this policy
but great works ,were In progress and By
the common consent Of both parties, Con,
green, ut ita last Beeaion passed O bill In The
usual form to provide for the most i'm
portant works. It was sent In ample time
TO the President for his approval but he
bad been 90 busy In reading and vetoins
pension bills 10 Union soldiers that be
had no time 10 read the River and Har,
Dor BILL So this great measure Of inter.
nal improvement was defeated, and mum.
berlees unfinished works are delayed and
others destroyed by the pocket veto OF q
Democratic President. I tell you q com.
mon, saying Is that the President would
have found time TO aign 1t but that there
was, q small appropriation In the bill for
the Hennepln Canal.
And 60 with the great public policy oil
strengthening our commercial relations
with the American Republics and the Do.
minion Of Canada. A growing feeling ex.
lists In the Republican party that liberal
measures should be adopted to increase
our trade, 10 establish lines OF steamships,
to improve postal facilities, to make com.
mercisl treaties and 10 invite q friendly
conference with those countries. But this
has met with no favor with the Demo.
cratic party.
Only one affirmative measure was pro.
posed by II, and that was to reduce the
surplus In the treasury. It was said that
the Republican party was boarding vast
sums Of idle money 10 make times hard
that they would ncatter 1t among the PEG.
pie. The Republican party had adopted
the policy Of receiving gold and silver coin
into the Treasury, and tor the convenience
Of tho people to issue certificates for 1t
which circulated as money. II had also
adopted the policy OF maintaining In the
Treasury from 100 to 40 millions OF coin
to secure prompt redemption Of United
statea notes. All other money recsivedin
the Treasury was, under Republican
policy, applied to the payment OF tho pub.
lie debt. This policy was pursued with
such success that the bonded debt was re.
duced from s., 1866 3l 81 43 to 81, 1915, 352,-
443 Of and the interest Of the debt
from 15l millions to AZ millions.
DEMOCRATIC FINANCES.
Our Democratic friends, In thecanvasso Of
1854, promised to pay out all this idle
money. They said 1t was kept to make
money scarce 1t should DO divided among
the people. What was the result? A
Democratic Secretary kept piling up more
idle money; to give him IN excuse for
doing 30 b. changed the form Of the Debt
Statement. He excluded the whole mass
OF fractional silver coin from the count.
He increased the balance on hand fifty
millions more than the Republican party
had done. For two years q Democratic
House, with fity majority with sole power
on the subject, has been trying to find q
way to reduce the surplus but utterly
failed to agree. And now a new Demo-
cratic House, it Ia said, is to be called
upon in extra session to solve the riddle.
The business community is beginning to
feel the n Of danger, and tho cry is
coming, GOOD Lord, deliver u.s."
The President has received great credit
in certain quarters for the support he has
given 10 the civil service Law. This law
only applies to clerical services in the
great Offices and departments Of the Gov.
eminent. Now this ls a Republican meas-
ure for which ] voted with the great body
OF the Republican members OF the Senate
and House, and I will Join heartily in
approval in its just and fam enforcement,
but nov IN ingenious way hos been found
substantially to get rid OF the law BY re-
old and experienced employees,
who have become by long training in.
valuable to the public service, to pass a
school examination to test whether they
ought to be retained or not. j Rm afraid
such 9 test would clean out even 50 ex-
celient q body as the Illinois Legislature.
l know it would seriously affect many
heads Of departments. End now it is
claimed that under the demands Of our
Democratic friends, hungry and thirsty
after q long fast, more than lour-lilths Of
Republican officers not embraced in the
Civil Service law have been changed by
the President. When the Senate politely
asked for the cause Of removal, he said az
Jack Falstaf did, "He would not tell upon
Compulslon.f
And 80, fellow citizens, you may run
the gamut OF all the political Questions
great and small that divide the two par
tee, and you will find the line OF demsrk-
alton is Union and Confederate; Republi-
can and Democratic. l am not opposed
to Confederate soldiers, but to Conieder-
ate ideas. Many Confederate soldiers we're
true to the Union until drawn by State
pride to fight for the Confederacy. lhsye
no dialike for Democrats, many oil whom
l cherish as my dearest friends, but | do
dislike the tendency OF that party TO Con.
iederate ideas. They tauut US with way.
ing the bloody shirt; We believe they
wave the Confederate tisg. Jefferson
Davia Gays; they "are now barring their
breasts Tor the rights they fought for.n
The resolutions Of the Democratic OF Ken
lucky are, in effect. extracts from the
Confederate constitution and Coniederstes
are selected as their candidates. The
Democratic party is the left wing Of the
new Confederate army.
WHAT THE FEEBLE WANT.
Let no man be misled into the conclu.
sion that all the vital issues dividing the
two parties have been settled. There are
many things that lie near to the heart OF
the American people. They demand a
free ballot, q fair count Gnd correct re-
turne,
They Wish still further 10 develop and
diversity American industry. They wish
10 produce everything in this country for
which the God OF Nature has given US the
raw materials, or which is suited to our
soil and climate. Every measure should
BIZ supported that will tend to protect and
foster home industries. We should not
DO content until every channel Of com.
munication capable OF improvement, and
which will yield benefits equal to its coat,
shAll be improved. We should connect
the Father OF Wa.ers with our great system
Of lakes by waterways sufficient not
only to protect our commerce In transport
ing supplies in peace, but to transfer from
the heart OF the country vesaels and means
OF defense in time oil war. The education
Of the rising generation, without respect
to race, color OF previous condition, ought
to be n constant object Of denirs, not only
by local and State governments, but by
the National Government. The equal en-
joyment Of every civil and political right
given by the constitution should DO sc.